Heart Nebula
Heart Nebula
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Heart Nebula shine brightly in the red light of energized hydrogen. Also shown in this three-color montage is light emitted from sulfur, shown in yellow, and oxygen, shown in blue. Several young open clusters of stars are visible near the nebula centers. Light takes about 6,000 years to reach us from heart nebula.
Heart Nebula shine brightly in the red light of energized hydrogen. Also shown in this three-color montage is light emitted from sulfur, shown in yellow, and oxygen, shown in blue. Several young open clusters of stars are visible near the nebula centers. Light takes about 6,000 years to reach us from heart nebula.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
SPA 1
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
SPAIN
Date of observation
Pro-DataSet
Filters
SHO
Processing
DeepSkyTracker, Photoshop, TopazLabAI
The world’s largest database of astrophotography data is waiting for you! Start now your free trial
Try it free
